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- Asuncion
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- Guarani (PYG)
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Guarambare
Travel Blogs from Guarambare, Paraguay
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hip hip hooray
Sorry...this will be short... I just want Lori, Mackenzie-Austin, and Aunt Ann-Uncle Bill to know that I received their letters. Its like Christmas every day that I receive letters-packages from home. Kim, please let Aunt Ann know that I got the ...
Back in Guarambare
... ....humiliating...and embarassing... but still a great experience. We also had a great presentation today about gender equality in Paraguay. I totally rocked the discussion and am planning on joining the WID-GAD group. (Women in Development-Gender and ...
back from my trip and have pictues to share!
... " with Chavo. I don't think the family had a clue...at least I hope not! So...yeah...that was interesting! Once I returned to Guarambare and told my family of the story, they quickly fed me tons of veggies to make up for my lack of veggies over the ...
Mysterious creature
This is a story of a mysterious creature lurking in my bedroom... It all started one night when another volunteer was walking by my house and had asked to use my bathroom. I lead this trainee into my room and decided that I didn´t need to ...
Paraguayan Elections
... to send me some mail I will be grateful and will respond promptly but it will take a month to reach me and a month for a letter to get back to you. The address is. Peace Corps Paraguay 162 Chaco Boreal c/Mcal. Lopez Asuncion 1580, ...
My Strange Uncle and Futbol
So now I´ve been in Paraguay about a month. The rashes have cleared and I´m happy about that. Never did figure out what it was. The host family life has been pretty good. I have two brothers and a sister. The younger brother, Jose, was in the hospital 3 ...
Mbaechapa
... and forth between subjects. And forgive me if I repeat myself...I want so badly to be able to explain life here in Paraguay. I know... its impossible right? So, I have moved up 3 levels in Castillano (Spanish) and am now learning Guarani. It is ...
Avy'a Paraguaype
The title means happy to be in Paraguay. We just got back from long field practice. The site I visited was enchanting. O.K., so I didn't have electricity and the shower (which was really only a large bucket of water) was eclosed by some wood planks and ...
The Day Before
This is the day before I swear in as a volunteer. I am feeling the gamut of emotions at this point. We started out back in Miami, FL with 37 trainees. We are now 31. Every once in a while I wonder who, if anyone, will be the next to ET (Early ...
Quiindy
... 16 or 17 yrs old. Today we got a tour of the town and then had lunch at a families house. Last night was really relaxing...we got to watch a few episodes of LOST. I got on a bus shortly after lunch and I am back in ...
Larvae
... that they should not have - or if they do, be able to divest themselves of - any fear of insects. Bugs in Paraguay are impossible to escape. The sub-tropical climate creates the perfect breeding environment for them, all shapes and sizes. Screen doors ...
mas o menos
... (I hate to say it...but they looked kind of clown like with way to much blush...the natural look hasnt made it to Paraguay). Anyway, it rained while I was there...and literally had to walk through water in my flip flops all the way across the street ...
PICTURES....I hope!
Okay... I'm going to try to send some pictures... so hang in there...let's see if it works. If it does... Athena...please print them out for me! I may have to delete some so that I have enough space for later. I hope all of you are doing well! ...
Guarambare ROCKS!
Hola mis amigos y mi familia! Of course...I only have a little bit of time to write because I wasted so much time trying to check my AOL email only to find out that I cant send email from my account. It totally sucks. Also, I havent received my mail ...
I love my new life in Guarambare
... call him Papillo and my mom Celia but we call her Chella and my 2 brothers Hugo and Hector. I absolutely love things here in Guarambare. I make about 40 bucks every 15 days...this costs me about 5 mil (less than a dollar to use the internet for one ...
Long field Practice
... It was a great learning experience for us though. We stayed with host families for the week. My family, unlike the family in Guarambare, didn´t have water in their house, so we had to bring it in from the well. This meant that I had to take ...
Rashes Rashes Rashes O my
Hello hello, I have rashes. Paraguay is interesting, nice in its own ways. Fruit grows everywhere, but the locals don´t eat it. I eat it all for them and now I´m sorry for it. I have weird rashes, 3 unique types, and the medicos don´t know what ...
Holy Week
... swearing-in ceremony in Asuncion and we will be able to hang out there three days and hit the town. Today I met some new zealanders vacationing here. They said that they would recommend vacationing in paraguay to all their friends, so come on ...
Week 6
... field built, but I am going to have to save that for another time, but it speaks to the core of the work of Peace Corps in Paraguay.) In short, I had lunch with the mayor and my Host father inside alone. I tried to help out on the field but we have class ...
Mormons, Mennonites, Mondongo, and Murder
... (PS, the majority of people in the country doing "business" with Argentina are in contraband). But don't worry, once again, I repeat: Paraguay, safe, Chris, safe. This weekend I will be going out on long field practice to a volunteer site in Paraguari ...
Site Assignment!!!!
I got my site assignment today!!! I am so excited. I am going to a rural community called Caraguata Ru'ã near the town of Ybycuí in Paraguari department. It looks like it should only be a few hours bus ride from Asuncion. From what I hear, it is ...
Mba'éichapa
... We all left Miami on Wednesday night and arrived here Thursday morning. We went straight to the training center here in Guarambare, about 45 minutes from Asuncion, and had some introductory classes and then straight out to our host families, where we ...
Settling In
Hello all, I have not written in about 5 days and so much has happened in that time that I can't even remember all of it. It feels like about a month. We officially started language and technical classes on Monday, and I am in the Guarani ...
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